Industry Solutions · Internet Service Providers
Cloud ERP for ISPs
Financial ERP for the Business Behind Your Network
Connect network projects, inventory, purchasing, fixed assets, budgeting, and multi-entity financials in one cloud ERP platform.
Milestone Information Solutions is an Acumatica partner helping ISPs evaluate, implement, and support ERP for the financial and operational side of the business.
Acumatica is the platform.
Milestone Information Solutions makes it work for your business.
How an ISP Operates
An ISP is More Than a Subscriber Base
Acumatica connects network projects, inventory, purchasing, fixed assets, budgets, and multi-entity financials so finance has a clearer view of the activity behind the business.
Milestone helps configure those processes around the way your ISP operates.
CONNECTED OPERATIONS
Connect Finance to the Systems Your ISP Already Uses
Your subscriber, billing, provisioning, and network systems can remain in place while Acumatica manages the financial and operational processes that belong in ERP.
Acumatica brings together accounting, network projects, fixed assets, inventory, purchasing, budgeting, and consolidated reporting.
Milestone helps determine what information needs to connect so finance and leadership can work from current information.
Why Acumatica
Why Acumatica for an ISP?
Acumatica gives ISPs a cloud ERP platform that connects financial management with projects, assets, inventory, purchasing, and reporting in one system.
Where Acumatica Fits
ERP Capabilities for Growing ISP Operations
Acumatica connects the financial and operational areas that become harder to manage as an ISP adds network assets, projects, inventory, entities, and new sources of funding.
Track every build from project cost to capitalized asset.
Track labor, materials, committed costs, and CIP in project accounting as builds move toward capitalization.
CIP to Fixed AssetsTrack fiber, CPE, and project materials across warehouses, trucks, and job sites with inventory management.
Serialized CPEManage depreciation, additions, transfers, and reporting for network infrastructure with fixed asset management.
Depreciation & TransfersKeep spending, budgets, and cash in view.
Manage purchase orders, approvals, and vendor activity across projects and operations.
Build budgets by entity, department, or project and compare budget to actual.
Track receivables, customer balances, incoming payments, and cash flow.
See the whole business across projects, entities, and operations.
See project costs, budgets, and margins as network work moves forward.
Give finance and leadership current visibility into cash, project costs, margins, and budgets.
Manage separate entities, intercompany activity, and consolidated reporting with multi-company accounting.
IntercompanyFrom Build to Asset
Network Buildout Is a Capital Project
A fiber or fixed-wireless build moves through the books in stages. Acumatica tracks project costs from setup through construction in progress and into fixed assets, giving finance visibility throughout the build.
WHY MILESTONE
A Finance-First Acumatica Partner
Milestone Information Solutions comes from a finance and accounting background. We look at your ERP the way your controller does: clean books, a faster close, and reporting leadership can trust.
HOW IT WORKS
A Clear Path From Evaluation to Go-Live
A straightforward process from the first conversation through implementation and go-live.
Reach Your Next Milestone
See What Acumatica Could Look Like for Your ISP
Whether you are expanding your network, getting a better handle on inventory and budgets, or bringing multiple entities onto one set of books, Milestone can help you evaluate the fit and build a clear path forward.
FAQ
Common Questions About ERP for ISPs
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What is ERP for an ISP?
ERP for an ISP connects financial management with network projects, inventory, purchasing, fixed assets, and reporting. Subscriber billing, provisioning, and network operations can remain in the systems already supporting those functions.
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Can Acumatica work alongside an existing OSS/BSS?
Yes. Your subscriber billing, provisioning, and network systems can stay in place. Acumatica manages the accounting, projects, assets, inventory, purchasing, and reporting side of the business, giving finance and leadership current information.
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How can Acumatica track network buildout and project costs?
A network build can be tracked as a project, with labor, materials, contractor costs, and committed costs tracked throughout the build. Costs can accumulate in construction in progress, then move into fixed assets when the network is placed in service.
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Can Acumatica manage fiber, CPE, and other network inventory?
Yes. Acumatica can track fiber, CPE, network equipment, and project materials across warehouses, trucks, and job sites, including serial numbers where needed. Materials issued to a network build can also be costed to the project.
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Can Acumatica support multiple entities or operating companies?
Yes. Acumatica can support operating companies, holding companies, and other business entities in one system, with intercompany transactions and consolidated reporting across the organization.